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The people who live there would rather see more housing and maybe some dentists

Business

The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

October 2, 2024November 18, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

Taxpayers will be stuck paying for the cleanup of the Eagle mine disaster

A close crop of hands above remnants of a seal hunt. The meat lies on the snow with blood.

Society

Who’s Afraid of Country Food?

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

There’s a way to feed everyone in Nunavut: give hunters a salary, eat more inussiutit

A close up of a Black bear looking pensive

Environment

How We Treat Bears in Cities Is Trash

September 2, 2024September 3, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

Too many of them are becoming casualties in the battle of the bins

Environment

Yellowknife’s Wildfire Evacuation Was Tailored for the Privileged

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 - by Pat Kane

A year ago, about 20,000 people fled the city. For many, the evacuation was more traumatizing than the fires

A black-and-white illustration of two Indigenous with long braids of hair that are intertwined above their heads. A blood red moon is between them.

Health / July/August 2024 / Memoir

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

June 26, 2024July 29, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

My blood and how it speaks to me have become sources of my courage, my decisiveness, my quelling of self-doubt

A dark winter night with a neon blur over the Whitehorse Star building

Media

After 124 Years, One of Canada’s Oldest Independent Newspapers Dies

May 17, 2024May 17, 2024 - by Rhiannon Russell

The Whitehorse Daily Star ’s closure will deepen the country’s local news crisis

A white plume of smoke hovers over a mountain range

Environment

Dreading Wildfire Season

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 - by Eva Holland

The North’s light infrastructure makes wildfires less likely. It also makes them more dangerous

A digital collage featuring a hand holding up a smartphone to photograph an Arctic. Dark blue rays and red hearts are shining out of the phone.

Technology

The North Runs on Facebook

February 28, 2024March 21, 2024 - by Eva Holland

At twenty, the social media giant might seem old school. For many of us up here, it’s still the place to be

A photo of a night sky with northern lights over downtown Whitehorse.

Current Affairs

Canadians Keep Forgetting about the North

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 - by Eva Holland

The territories are such an integral part of our national brand. Yet most of us pay them little collective attention

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Should the Arctic Really Brace for an Invasion from China or Russia?

The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining

How We Treat Bears in Cities Is Trash

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

After 124 Years, One of Canada’s Oldest Independent Newspapers Dies

Dreading Wildfire Season

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